IBM’s Watson supercomputer tackles cancer | MassDevice.com On Call

MASSDEVICE ON CALL — IBM’s Jeopardy-winning Watson supercomputer is taking a swing at oncology research in efforts to help hospitals more quickly diagnose and treat cancer.

Watson can cull through 200 million pages of information in less than 3 seconds, according to IBM, and the machine is getting an education in oncology at Manhattan’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

This year’s meeting of the American College of Cardiology should be a hot one, with Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) set to unveil trials results from the Partner A cohort of its Sapien transcatheter aortic valve implantation system, news from the Host-Assure drug-eluting stent studies and Stampede trial results comparing bariatric surgery with medical therapy for treatment of diabetes, TheHeart.org reported.

W.L. Gore & Associates enrolled the 1st patient into its global registry for endovascular aortic treatment, studying its Gore TAG thoracic and Excluder AAA endoprostheses and C3 delivery system in treatment of thoracic and abdominal aneurysms, according to a press release.